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Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 131

Macassar Cease-fire Mediation by U.n. Officers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 6

DJAKARTA, Wednesday.--A cease-fire between the rebel Knil farces in Mocassar and Indonesian Army units was announced last night by the lndonesian Defence Ministry…

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Macassar Cease-fire Mediation by U.n. Officers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 6

DJAKARTA, Wednesday.--A cease-fire between the rebel Knil forces in Macassar and Indonesian Army units was announced fast night by the Indonesian Defence Ministry…

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Macassar Cease-fire Order Mediation by U.n. Officers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 6

DJAKARTA, Wednesday.--A cease-fire between the rebel Knit forces in Macassar and Indonesian Army units was announced last night by this Indonesian(Defence Ministry…

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Macassar Cease-fire Order Mediation by U.n. Officers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 6

DJAKARTA, Wednesday.--A cease-fire between five rebel Knil forces in Macassar and Indonesian Army units Was announced last night by the Indonesian Defence Ministry…

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Macassar Cease-fire Mediation by U.N. OFFlCERS

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 6

DJAKARTA, Wednesday.--A Cease-fire between the rebel Knil forces in Macassar and Indonesian Army units was announced last night by the Indonesian Defence Ministry…

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Macassar Cease-fire Order Mediation by U.n. Officers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 6

DJAKARTA, Wednesday.--A cease-fire between the rebel Khil forces in Macossar and Indonesian Army units was announced last night by the Indonesian Defence Ministry…

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Macassar Cease-fire Order Mediation by U.n. Officers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 6

DJAKARTA, Wednesday.--A cease-fire between the rebel Knil forces in Macassar and Indonesian Army units was announced East night by the Indonesian Defence Ministry…

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Fireman Falls Into Blaze; Quick Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A fireman fell 20ft. through o skylight into a burning factory at Abbotsford tonight. Other firemen dashed in…

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Fire at Kingsgrove

The Propeller · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 1

On Monday a fire broke out in a fish and chip shop conducted by Mr. J. L. Camidge in Kingsgrove Road, Kingsgrove. The fire…

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Reds fire on wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 2

TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--United Nations officials said today they were informing Lake Success of North…

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Petrol on Fire, Man Burned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 14

William Edward Leslie, 30, of Waltham Street, Artarmon, had his hands, arms, and face burned yesterday when petrol be was…

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£2,000 Fire At Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—Damage estimated at more than £2,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in Central…

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20 collapse as army guns fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wed. -- Twenty-five-pounder blank-fire charges fired during a military tattoo at the Royal Show tonight affected shell-shocked World War 99 ex-servicemen…

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Hornets Started Tool Shed Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 9

READING (Pennsylvania).-- Asher Stichler read in a book that the way to get rid of a hornets' nest is to burn it out…

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Hornets Started Tool Shed Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 9

READING (Pennsylvania).-- Asher Stichler read in a book that the way to get rid of a hornets' nest is to burn it out…

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Award to Petrol Fire Victim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 5

Judge Rainbow, in the Workers' Compensation Court yesterday, by consent, awarded compensation of £1,400 plus about…

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Clothes On Fire While She Slept

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 August 1950 · page 2

Margaret Hannah Bowes (40), housekeeper, Irrubel Rd., Newport, was seriously burned early today when her clothes caught fire while she was asleep in a chair…

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Woman Burned In Fire At Newport

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 August 1950 · page 2

Margaret Hannah Bowes (40), housekeeper, Irrubel Rd., Newport, was seriously burned early today when her clothes caught fire while she was asleep in a chair…

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Clothes On Fire While She Slept

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 August 1950 · page 2

Margaret Hannah Bowes (40), housekeeper, Irrubel Rd., Newport, was seriously burned early today when her clothes caught fire while she was asleep in a chair…

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Clothes On Fire While She Slept

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 August 1950 · page 2

Margaret Hannah Bowes (40), housekeeper, Irrubel Rd., Newport, was seriously burned early-today when her clothes caught fire while she was asleep in a chair…

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